Katrina Update.

It seems the prayers I am sure went out last night were majorly effective. Katrina was still very devastating (and still has a lot of power) but the projected "worst case scenario" was not met - due in part to the hurricane weakening overnight and its taking a detour away from a direct hit with New Orleans. More info, via Yahoo, can be found below:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050829/ap_on_re_us/hurricane_katrina_22

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050829/us_nm/weather_katrina_insurance_dc

(Image courtesy of http://www.weather.com)